Chinese tourists robbed of passports, cash and air tickets in Phuket bag snatch

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Chinese tourists robbed of passports, cash and air tickets in Phuket bag snatch
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- A Chinese couple were the victims of a bag snatch in Thalang today (February 16), as thieves escaped with passports, B2,000, Chinese Yuan in cash and air tickets.

When police arrived to the scene near Phuket Bry Resort in Thepkrassatri area, they found He Ting Ting, 29, and her partner Gu Jun Fang, 30, visibly upset and shaken.

The couple told police that they had left the resort to shop at the Baan Don Market. While they were walking there, a thin man with an afro hairstyle riding a motorbike came close to Miss He and snatched her handbag from her hand, before driving away. Inside were the passports, cash and six air tickets.

The two tourists were taken to Thalang Police Station to be put in touch with the tourist police who would help sort new passports, and the police investigation continues.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/chinese-tourists-robbed-of-passports-cash-and-air-tickets-in-phuket-bag-snatch-44639.php


-- Phuket News 2014-02-17

[Somtamnication]

Welcome to Phuket.

These Chinese have zero spidy senses. I see them at the atms at Central, putting their cash in their bag and half of it is hanging outside their bags. Russians too!

[Pattaya28]

They have Russians hanging outside their bags too ??

[Briggsy]

Obviously the travel insurance thing has not caught up with China yet or they would have had 40,000 Baht in the handbag!

[Naam]

Obviously the travel insurance thing has not caught up with China yet or they would have had 40,000 Baht in the handbag!

no travel insurance pays for cash.

[eezergood]

Welcome to Phuket.

These Chinese have zero spidy senses. I see them at the atms at Central, putting their cash in their bag and half of it is hanging outside their bags. Russians too!

Have too agree, look how they walk/cross busy roads - no sense of what is going on around them......

[seabass69]

What's an air ticket?